The Story of Temple Drake (1933) + Extras
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Genre: Drama | Director: Stephen Roberts
BDRip 720p | MKV | 1280 x 720 | x264 @ 2560 Kbps | 1h 11mn | 1,36 Gb + 662 Mb
Audio: English AC3 1.0 @ 160 Kbps | Subtitles: English (embedded)
Genre: Drama | Director: Stephen Roberts
Loosely adapted from William Faulkner’s controversial novel Sanctuary, this notorious pre-Code melodrama stars Miriam Hopkins as Temple Drake, the coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge. When a boozehound date strands her at a bootleggers’ hideout, Temple is subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely. Steeped in southern-gothic shadows by influential cinematographer Karl Struss and shot through with moral ambiguity, The Story of Temple Drake is a harrowing vision of sin and salvation that boasts an astonishing lead performance from the fiery Hopkins, whose passage through the stations of terror, trauma, and redemption is a true tour de force of screen acting.
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Extras:
– Interview with critic Mick LaSalle about the film, censorship, and the Production Code (14:21)
– Program featuring critic Imogen Sara Smith on the complexity of the film and its central performance by Miriam Hopkins (19:15)